Raglan Dive
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Category: Diving
Forum Name: Spearo's Corner
Forum Description: Free-divers & spearos chat about their sport
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Printed Date: 29 Jan 2026 at 8:51pm
Topic: Raglan Dive
Posted By: offsurfing
Subject: Raglan Dive
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2011 at 12:11am
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Headed out from Raglan with Sam The result  Great day. Had a shot lined up on the fourth dive down but left it. Then about 30 minutes later was schooled by about 20 of which this wasn't the largest but I had a good angle and got him with a sweet shot. Just under the 12kg mark. My Personal Best. Then later when drifting beside the boat along the reef I had a line tangle with my stringer but decided it wasn't worth the effort so was looking around and saw an absolute monster (I thought it must be a shark at that size) so dropped down and saw a yellow tail on a massive kingiiee and as I lined up what I had little doubt would have been high 30's kg beast If not far more (compared to what I had speared earlier it was enormous and fat) then had second thoughts with a tangle rubbing beside my arm and tugging on my suit and at 8-10m thoughts of being dragged down so past up what would have been at best an average shot with a poor angle. 10 minutes later I saw another big shadow and when I dropped down I got close thinking this fish will be even bigger. and it was. A shark as long as me rubbing up the flasher rig. I thought since it was my first shark I have encountered and due to its size I'd peek out but I watched it for a little before returning to the boat and calling it a day. Big thanks to Sam for taking me out. |
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Posted By: The wise fishaman
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2011 at 6:51am
| Nice one chap, bloody good conditions out there at the mo. Did ya get anything else while you were out there, or just the kingi? |
Posted By: Kinabal Lector
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2011 at 9:37am
| good stuff man good your getting some good fish now. good xmas steaks |
Posted By: offsurfing
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2011 at 1:34pm
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Sam had some equipment failure that cost him a kingiiee. But on tanks he got cray quota. On the way back boat hit a mako but were to slow to retreve it before it sank. Got a few snappers on the rods and a big dory. And picked up 4-5 Kahawai as well through birds diving. Great day. Also some seals to swim with. Mean day out. Thanks kina ball of come alone way in the past couple of years. |
Posted By: JRDO
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2011 at 3:59pm
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Nice fish, sounds like a good day out. Kudos for not taking the 50-50 shots, what kind of shark did you see and how clean was it out there? ------------- BANNED from doing anything about anything anymore. |
Posted By: bigbrett
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2011 at 10:42pm
Nice kingi Mate - was hoping today at the Aldermans I'd get one but didn't even see any  ------------- Also known as "Dory Rider" |
Posted By: New Zealand Ring Finder
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2024 at 9:11am
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Looking for someone to help recover a very sentimental ring in the water at Raglan. A metal detector can be arranged. Contact me asap. Ian |